Before we get started, I want to remind the global community generally and the U.S. population specifically that Jeffrey Epstein’s international predator and child sex trafficking ring sexualized, terrorized, and traumatized not their child, but somebody else’s child.

Let’s not look the other way and become complicit in the hundreds, if not thousands, of children, some under 10 years old, who have been victimized. We cannot allow this to be normalized.

With the rapidly changing news cycles and the fast-moving headlines, it is amazing that Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal enterprise has remained on the front pages for months, even years. With each new revelation, it feels like a fresh wound opened because of the horror of what was done to vulnerable young girls, and in some cases, boys. What makes these stories even more disturbing is that many perpetrators are parents themselves.

We cannot allow the persistence of these stories to be just media noise. They are an emotional reminder that the world continues to fail to protect our children. Children belong to all of us in the moral sense. Protecting only our own children is not enough. Epstein’s crimes remind us that protecting our children is not just a private responsibility; it requires collective action.

Every headline regarding abuse of children carries a haunting truth: the victim(s) are not nameless, faceless statistics. All children are somebody else’s child, who are most of the time loved, cherished, and entrusted to a society that should have protected them. Yet, too often, that trust is betrayed.

Paradoxically, many of the perpetrators nurture their own children while inflicting pain on others. Question: How do you think they reconcile this contradiction? The answer is unsettling: they don’t. Instead, they compartmentalize, rationalize, or deny.

Parenthood should awaken empathy, but in these cases, empathy is silenced. Their own children are seen as extensions of themselves, while others’ children are dehumanized, treated as objects rather than human beings. Every child deserves equal dignity, not just one’s own. Due to our digitally connected world, harm to any child diminishes the collective well-being of all humans.

True character is revealed in how we treat the vulnerable. Therefore, repeat abusers demonstrate not a level of reconciliation but corruption. They live in moral dissonance, silencing conscience to preserve self-image. The phrase “somebody else’s child” should remind us that there is no true separation. The measure of our humanity is not how fiercely we defend our own, but how faithfully we protect somebody else’s child. In moral terms, Jeffrey Epstein’s affiliations highlight how power and privilege are used to shield wrongdoing, raising additional questions about complicity, accountability, and the ethical choices of those who associated with him.

Many powerful individuals who were also predators claim they were unaware of Epstein’s crimes. Morally, the question is whether ignorance is an excuse when signs of exploitation were/are clearly visible. Epstein’s network shows how wealth and influence insulate individuals from accountability. The moral failing lies not only in direct abuse but in enabling silence.

The final episode of the Epstein tragedy is coming real soon. Survivors of Epstein’s abuse recently appeared on Capitol Hill, urging Congress to force the DOJ to release the files. They argue that withholding them protects powerful individuals who were complicit in Epstein’s crimes. Newly elected Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is expected to be sworn in tomorrow, and she is expected to play a decisive role in advancing the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files. Her vote will tip the balance in the House toward forcing the Justice Department to disclose more documents.

Epstein’s survivors and advocates have long demanded the release of these files, arguing that accountability requires full disclosure. Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva’s vote will cause the files to be released, hence exposing more details about Epstein’s ties to politicians, financiers, and institutions that enabled him. One can only wonder how the perpetrators will feel when their names are revealed in “In The Jeffrey Epstein Files”.

How will the perpetrators feel when they find themselves caught up because of something, “That You’ve Already Done?” I am sure they will ask themselves, How did I get here? Until society embraces that truth, the cycle of harm will continue. There are ways all of us can contribute to the total dismantling of America and a Global nightmare.

Below are four ways all of us can contribute:

Listen to survivors’ voices and amplify their stories.

• Support organizations that fight exploitation and protect children.
• Speak up when silence would make you complicit.
• Remember: every child is our collective responsibility.

Because in the end, there is no “somebody else’s child.” There are only children, and they all deserve protection, safety, dignity, peace, and love.